Fearless Emmy Nomination Advice, 2019 Edition: Limited Series and TV Movies

The final nominations will be announced on July 16 and the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards themselves are scheduled for September 22amp160 Those dates are a long way off but there is no time like the present to offer a little advice to those members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences who mayamp160need a refresher or two when choosing to nominate performers and programs that were telecast between June 1 2018 and May 31 2019amp160 Who can blame themamp160 Peak TV is dizzyingIf you missed them be sure to check out my choices in the Comedy Series and Drama Series categoriesamp160Outstanding Limited SeriesChernobyl HBO Theamp160chilling reallife story of theamp160April 26 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine Soviet Union was documentarylike in its attention to every disturbing detailamp160 Those of us who were around at the time were made to remember exactly how terrifying this catastrophe was as it played out in real timeamp160 Anecdotally several younger people of my acquaintance knew nothing about it before this program came along and can39t believe it39s trueEscape at Dannemora Showtime pictured above Some of us remember this story IRL as wellamp160 I39ll admit that for me news reports about it were atamp160the time just a passing curiosityamp160 Ben Stiller though obviously saw something much more profound in that media coverage and with the help of a remarkable cast put together a masterful character study of people who are trapped in isolatedamp160small towns in prison cells in bad marriagesamp160and perhaps worst of allamp160in sorrowfully empty livesFosseVerdon FXamp160 Despite the heavyduty drama of it all this lively look at the rocky romance and relationship between ferociously talented codependent showbusiness legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon was at times more fun than any other suggested nominee in this categoryamp160 I mean just look at themamp160 Fosse Sam Rockwell was a talented filmmaker and one of the most influential theater directors and choregraphers in entertainment history Verdon Michelle Williams is remembered as the best Broadway dancer of all timeamp160 A treat from beginning to endSharp Objects HBOamp160 This hot steamy sometimes strangely sexy thriller was filled with one disturbing thought or act after anotheramp160 I will never think of teeth or dollhouses in the same way againamp160 The atmosphere was so thick I couldn39t wait for each episode to end or the next one to beginamp160 At the time that I watched it I thought Amy Adams gave the television performance of the year at least among female actors but then I saw Patricia Arquette in Escape atamp160Dannemora and Michelle Williams in FosseVerdonamp160 The only way this category can turn out right is with a threeway tie and we know that isn39t going to happenamp160amp160When They See Us Netflixamp160 The shocking story aboutamp160five teenage boysamp160of color who were wrongfully convicted of beating and raping a white woman in New York City39s Central Park shook the country in 1989amp160 It shook us all over again many years lateramp160when another man confessed to the crime and the depth of this injustice became publicamp160and again in 2012 whenamp160 filmmakers Ken Burns Sarah Burns and David McMahon examined the case in their documentary The Central Park Five and again just a few weeks ago when Netflix debuted this fourpart drama directed by Ava DuVernayamp160 Arguably the most important television program of the yearamp160Outstanding MadeforTelevision MovieBlack Mirror Bandersnatch NetflixDeadwood The Movie HBOIcebox HBOKing Lear AmazonMy Dinner with Herve HBOamp160Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or MadeforTelevision MovieMahershala Ali True Detective HBOHugh Grant A Very English Scandal AmazonJared Harris Chernobyl HBOJharrel Jerome When They See Us NetflixSam Rockwell FosseVerdon FXDominic West Les Miserables PBSamp160Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or MadeforTelevision MovieAmy Adams Sharp Objects HBOPatricia Arquette Escape atamp160Dannemora ShowtimeJoey King The Act LifetimeJuliana Margulies The Hot Zone National GeographicMichelle Williams FosseVerdon FXRuth Wilson Mrs Wilson PBSamp160Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or MadeforTelevision MovieKyle Chandler Catch22 HuluGeorge Clooney Catch22 HuluPaul Dano Escape atamp160Dannemora ShowtimeChris Messina Sharp Objects HBOBen Whishaw A Very English Scandal AmazonMichael Kenneth Williams When They See Us Netflixamp160Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or MadeforTelevision MoviePatricia Arquette The Act LifetimePatricia Clarkson Sharp Objects HBOCarmen Ejogo True Detective HBOVera Farmiga When They See Us NetflixElizabeth Perkins Sharp Objects HBOEmily Watson Chernobyl HBOamp160Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects 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